I played Shards of Dalaya a LOT over the last several years. They allow two boxes (but no more!) for anyone who wants to.
Overall I would say that there are pros and cons to it though. It's not as clear cut as most people here seem to think. For example, and advantage is that groups are far easier to get started seeing as you only need to find two other people and you can have a whole group, and then head anywhere you want. Then as more people come along you just ditch the boxes.
I also think it's a lot of fun because you can make characters you wouldn't usually play, just to play them with another character. For example I would never usually play a Wizard but Wiz + Chanter was a really fun combo.
There are downsides though too. It makes everyone more self sufficient, so often people just can't be bothered to group. People often end up being able to do whatever they want with two characters, so just don't *need* a group. They then end up only ever grouping with close friends, or if a really good group is put together. But if they see a group that lacks the perfect holy trinity and an evac, they just aren't interested.
Another issue is that the general skill level of people seems to dip. Playing one character in P99 actually takes quite a lot of skill imo. Especially if you go to dungeons by yourself. You have to actually split mobs and pull carefully and play well. But with two characters you end up with the majority of people playing melee+healer duo's, and they can just send their tank type character in to battle, grabs aggro on 3 mobs and tank n spanks them while their pet healer keeps them alive. It's easy and lazy and the game quickly loses it's excitement and appeal once that starts happening everywhere.
And lastly, the monopolizing of content is a genuine issue. There are some camps in the game which can't be soloed, at least by the average person. But once everyone has multiple accounts, you can hold almost anything by yourself. So the issues you might have seen on the server now with lots of places permanently camped, ends up basically being doubled.
Also eventually you end up with every person having a whole selection of buff bots as their second characters. So every tank shows up to every group with Empower and every cleric has KEI or whatever. So again, it starts eating away at the difficulty of the game.
So yeah, I focused more on the negatives there, but there a pros and cons - not just one or the other. Personally I really don't mind either way. I like soloing and I like 2 boxing, and I am happy with either.
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